Volunteer Leadership Self-Study Work Group Report

Work Group objective
To develop a self-study course that provides volunteer REALTOR® association leaders with an overview of REALTOR® association management policies and programs to enhance their leadership skills and abilities in preparation for their leadership term.

Background
AEC leadership discussed the common AE topic of preparing volunteers to be leaders, and determined that developing strong volunteer leadership at the local and state levels serves the REALTOR® community well in a broad manner. This work group was formed in 2006 to address this initiative. It was determined that the make-up of the workgroup should include both AEs and past presidents of local REALTOR® associations to best assess content and delivery of the course.

Update
The work group is reviewing or finalizing the final three modules of the self-study course. The modules are as follows:

-Enhancing Leadership Skills
-Meeting Management
-Visioning, Planning & Budgeting
-Legal & Regulatory
-Governing Documents & Policies
-Real Estate Issues & Trends

The team discussed the upcoming beta-testing of the program, and agreed that we’ll start with a test by the work group, and then do a beta-test with select local association volunteers identified by work group members.

Work Group Members
Claire Shahzad, RCE, Chair, MetroTex REALTORS® (TX)
Kevan Lyons, RCE, Chaffe County BOR (CO)
Terry Murphy, CRB, CRS, West Contra Costa AOR (CA)
Toni Parker, RCE, Outer Banks Valley AOR (NC)
Christy Stinger, Kansas AOR (KS)
Michael Tessaro, Bay East AOR (CA)

NAR Staff
Julie Ann Read

Work Group Members
Claire Shahzad, RCE, Chair, MetroTex REALTORS® (TX)
Deborah Valledor, REALTOR® Assn. of Gtr. Miami and the Beaches (FL)
Sandra Carroll, Berkshire County Board (MA)
Pat Connors, RCE, Kent Washington Association (RI)
Carol Hyman, RCE, Greater Union County Association (NJ)
Debbie Junkin, RCE, East Metro Board (GA)
Teresa King Kinney, RCE, CAE, REALTOR® Assn. of Gtr. Miami and the Beaches (FL)
Kevan Lyons, RCE, Chaffe County Board (CO)
Terry Murphy, CRB, CRS, West Contra Costa Association (CA)
Toni Parker, RCE, Outer Banks Valley Association (NC)
Libby Sheard, Little Rock Association (AR)
Christy Stinger, Kansas Association (KS)
Denise Tatman, RCE, Delaware Association (DE)

Michael Tessaro, Bay East Association (CA)
Paul Wyman, REALTOR® Assn. of Central Indiana (IN)

Julie Ann Read, NAR Staff